Paul, Rebecca, Elizabeth, and Conrad all worked today and they rocked. Just terrific. Tomorrow is the first day for Valerie, Raoul and Joanne. Can't wait to see them.

A couple things worth noting.

- Yes, yes, we cast a petite Irish-American for Susan and a striking Cuban-American for Murphy. The irony is not lost on us. But they were the best actresses for the parts. And we think you'll see our point when the movie airs.

- Personally, it's really nice having Elizabeth Thai in a pilot where she doesn't have to wear a bug suit the entire time. And she kicks even more ass as Ancient Mai than she did as Refractions of Dawn, if that's possible.

- Conrad Coates looks awesome in a dark purple striped tailored suit. And the man can handle a sword.

- We didn't even know that Raoul was a super-hip bluesman when we cast him. Ignorant American bastards that we are.

- We're still working on Bob. More to come.

Edited by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, 28 November 2005 - 11:56 PM.

"There are monsters, there are angels...
There's a peacefulness and a rage inside us all."
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Voice of the Beehive

Ooo, that's great, Robert! Sounds like an awesome group and quite exciting news!

Kathy

"Any dolt with half a brain/Can see that humankind has gone insane
To the point where I don't know if I'll upset the status quo
If I throw poison in the water main..."
- Billy (aka Dr. Horrible) in My Eyes from the AWESOME Dr. Horrible's SingAlong Blog

Looking forward to seeing what Elizabeth actually looks like. I thought that Refraction was the best characterin Andromeda, cut off in her prime, she was one ballsy little bug-lady. I was so disapointed that you killed her off in the first episode and have never forgiven you.... well okay I forgive you only cos kept me watching the show after Refraction was killed.

If anyone is interested, I've quoted Robert on the cast list over in my Live Journal, with links to the actors on IMDB, as well as links to pics when available.

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffled their pockets for new vocabulary."
~ James D. Nicoll

It's Summer Knight actually. At least... I think. And yeah, Ancient Mai is her original name, though we've reconceptualized her. She's a pretty minor character in the books, but will have a much more major role in the movie and in the TV series (assuming we get there of course).

"There are monsters, there are angels...
There's a peacefulness and a rage inside us all."
----------------------------------
Voice of the Beehive

It's Summer Knight actually. At least... I think. And yeah, Ancient Mai is her original name, though we've reconceptualized her. She's a pretty minor character in the books, but will have a much more major role in the movie and in the TV series (assuming we get there of course).

Thanks, Robert. I was just coming back to correct my post because I found her -- the Ancient Mai is in Summer Knight, so you've got it right. She's one of the wizards who is a Senior Council member and is described as "a tiny woman of Oriental extraction, her skin fine and pale....delicate features only lightly touched by the passage of years..."

I hope you get there, and lets hope this one gets a decent run before being hijacked and then butchered by poor writers.

By the way, i'm looking forward to this. I hope we get it in the UK.

Oh and Rob, you might be interested to know that Season 1 of Andromeda is currently airing again in the UK on a pretty major channel. So now the show is airing on 3 channels simultainiously. In fact, it was a family member who commented "The Bloody thing is never off the telly!"

Was watching tonight's installment of THE TRIANGLE when SciFi ran a commercial for their stuff coming up in 2006, when lo and behold, there were clips from The Dresden Files!!!! (Brief, to be sure, but honest-to-God clips!) I was so tickled! I'm still grinning...